I concur with all of the above...the look on peoples faces as you ride by, the hush. The feeling of riding on a late spring or summer evening with the "newness" in the air- with the occasional pocket of chill that lasts just long enough to give you a quick shudder, and then back into the warmer air. The glow of the overhead road lights giving everything that ethereal visual quality. If you don't have a radio, the sound of music of memory playing in your head in unison with the rumble of those singing v-twin giants. Pulling up to a stop light and the people in the car next to you saying "man, that is an awesome bike"... and last, but definitely not least; when a group of bikers gets together for a planned ride, you all roll up the road like a posse on steel and iron horses possessing the day, the unified glory can not be beat! Oh, and "because I can".
Flyndyna